How to Prepare for Your Consultation and Procedure?

How to prepare for your consultation and procedure?

Pre-procedure preparation is just as important as the procedure itself. The following advice will ensure your comfort during the enhancement and will allow your procedure to be as optimal as possible.

General Pre Advice

• Since delicate skin or sensitive areas may be swollen or red, you are advised not to make social plans on the day of your enhancement.
  
• If applicable please wear your normal make-up to your enhancement appointment.
  
• Do not take aspirin or anti-inflammatory medication such as Ibuprofen two days prior to your enhancement.
  
• Do not discontinue any medication before consulting your doctor.
  
• Keep alcohol intake to a minimum two days prior to your enhancement.
  
• Do not use 1% Retin A skincare products close to the area to be treated for 6 weeks prior your procedure.
  
• Do not use AHA skincare products close to the area to be treated for 4 weeks prior to your procedure.
  
• Avoid professional chemical peels close to the procedure site for 4 weeks prior to your procedure.
  
• Please be aware that the National Blood Service does not accept donations of blood for four months after micro-pigmentation.

Eyebrow Enhancement

• Waxing and threading treatments should be performed no less than one week prior to your procedure.
  
• IPL laser hair removal should be performed no less than two weeks prior to your procedure.
  
• Electrolysis treatments should be performed no less than two weeks prior to your procedure.
  
• Eyebrow tinting should be performed no less than four weeks prior to your procedure.
  
• Eyebrow hair stimulating products should not be used for four weeks prior to your procedure.
  
• Botox in the brow region should be performed no less than two weeks pre procedure.
  

Eyeliner Enhancement

• Eyelash tinting or eyelash perming treatments should be carried out no less than two weeks prior to your procedure.
  
• Eyelash stimulating products should not be used for 4 weeks prior to your procedure.
  
• Artificial lashes should be removed 1 week prior to your procedure and not reapplied for two weeks post procedure.
  
• Do not wear contact lenses during or immediately following your procedure. Remember to bring your glasses. You may resume wearing your contact lenses 24 hours after the procedure.
  
• You may have mild swelling after your enhancement procedure and as a safety precaution you may wish to have someone drive you home.

Lip Enhancement

• If you have a history of cold sores (herpes simplex) and are scheduling a lip enhancement we advise you to use anti-herpes medication for example Zovirax ointment that can be obtained from a chemist.
• Use the preparation one-week prior and one-week after your enhancement five times a day to reduce the incidence of outbreak by 50%.
• Oral anti-herpes medication (available on prescription) will control the incidence of an outbreak more or less completely.
• Micro-pigmentation does not cause cold sores, however if you carry the virus, it lays dormant in the nervous system and can be aroused by the infusion process.
  
• IPL laser hair removal around the mouth should be carried out no less than two weeks prior to your procedure.
  
• Waxing and bleaching treatments should be performed no less than two weeks prior to your procedure.
  
• Electrolysis treatments should be performed no less than two weeks prior to your procedure.
  
• Dermal fillers in the lip should be performed no less than two weeks prior to your procedure.